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… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … scientists can use this information to assess what specific traits make older species of eelgrass in the Pacific Ocean …

You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  Proposals are accepted …

Neri is a computational biologist who spends his days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document … viruses – though he'll take a look at anything related to microbial parasites. When not debugging pipelines, he can be … just "spicy messenger RNA", and that somewhere in the mess of genetic sequences lurks the next cool virus – if only our …

Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in …

… efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … Rocha UN, Shi S, et al. Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in … Sci Rep. 2013;3: 1656. … Education … Selected Publications …

Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal … archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … recent studies now suggest the gene cluster predates this microbial group. Recently published in the Proceedings of …

April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant … Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the  DOE Office of Science …

… to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority …

… genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a … characteristics. When they tested the screen method on a microbial community from geothermal hot springs, they uncovered a novel …

Register here The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of biology, biomedical research, the health sciences and related fields who are interested in learning and sharing concepts, tools and … will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …

… and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, …

Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single …